Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20169587000
Revision Date:2018-04-24Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-9587 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:Ansible before versions 2.1.4, 2.2.1 is vulnerable to an improper input validation in Ansible's handling of data sent from client systems. An attacker with control over a client system being managed by Ansible and the ability to send facts back to the Ansible server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the Ansible server using the Ansible server privileges.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-9587
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'ansible' package in bionic is not affected (note: '2.5.1+dfsg-1').
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